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it's probably happening as we speak, chris, in mississippi. and here are the charges. first of all he is being charged with threatening the life of the president. and second, he is also being charged with threatening the life of others using the mail. and these charges could put him in a place where he could face up to 15 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. now, of course this whole thing came to light because this man whose name is paul kevin curtis allegedly sent letters that at least initially tested positive with the poison ricin to not just the white house but also to senator roger wicker who is from mississippi. and just moments ago senator wicker spoke for the first time about this, told our producer. but he actually knows this man because he is an elvis impersonator back in mississippi. and senator wicker and his wife actually hired him a few years back to help at a party they were throwing he said for a young couple. but he went onto say that his impression is that since then this man, paul kevin curtis, mental state has deteriorated and that is pretty clea
it's probably happening as we speak, chris, in mississippi. and here are the charges. first of all he is being charged with threatening the life of the president. and second, he is also being charged with threatening the life of others using the mail. and these charges could put him in a place where he could face up to 15 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. now, of course this whole thing came to light because this man whose name is paul kevin curtis allegedly sent letters that at least...
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they the arrest was in the tupelo, mississippi area.ell us this? >> yeah, i knew they had a suspect in this case, and i'm glad to see they have been able to apprehend and arrest this individual. and i would again make the assertion that it really has no relation to t boston bombings, it's very reminisce end of the anthrax attacks after 9/11. it's very dangerous when you have people sending poison to federal officers. the security is very high right now to protect the members of congress. we're very concerned about these packages. after 9/11, we implemented a procedu procedure that changed the way mail gets to the -- >> let me ask you another question about the situation in boston. just in terms of whether the suspects, the people that they talking, looking at right now in some of those photos, can you tell me whether they're confident, whether you're confident from your briefings that that person or those people are still in the area r still nearby, or do they think they could have fled the country or gone far away? >> you know, i honestly can't an
they the arrest was in the tupelo, mississippi area.ell us this? >> yeah, i knew they had a suspect in this case, and i'm glad to see they have been able to apprehend and arrest this individual. and i would again make the assertion that it really has no relation to t boston bombings, it's very reminisce end of the anthrax attacks after 9/11. it's very dangerous when you have people sending poison to federal officers. the security is very high right now to protect the members of congress....
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and now this letter, as we learned, is very, very similar to a ricin-laced letter set to a mississippi senator this week. we're awaiting this press conference with jay carney. >> yes, what i can tell you is that according to the street service on tuesday, a letter addressed to the president, that contained a suspicious substance, was intercepted at an off sight mail facility. if there is something suspicious or dangerous in it it can be screened by personnel. that it can be certainly checked. the scientific testing can be done, and it can be guarantee todd be safe before it comes to the white house. so this remote facility, there was a letter and a law enforcement source setelling us it's very similar to that sent to senate ere wicker. wh to senator wicker. it initially tested positive for ricin. it's not always fatal, but it can be. it's not as dangerous as anth x anthrax, but it is dangerous. we're certainly asking questions of white house press secretary jay carney here in a few minutes. right now the secret service is and handling all of the questions about this, so it's unclear ex
and now this letter, as we learned, is very, very similar to a ricin-laced letter set to a mississippi senator this week. we're awaiting this press conference with jay carney. >> yes, what i can tell you is that according to the street service on tuesday, a letter addressed to the president, that contained a suspicious substance, was intercepted at an off sight mail facility. if there is something suspicious or dangerous in it it can be screened by personnel. that it can be certainly...
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dutschke expected in federal court in mississippi tomorrow. >>> washington took a break from the heavy news last night and kicked back for a couple of laughs or a lot of laughs. the white house annual correspondents' dinner and conan o'brien was front and center. >> as you all know, the president is hard at work skraetiskrae creating jobs. as you know, since he was elected the number of popes have doubled. and the number of "tonight show" hosts has tripled. congratulations! >> we are live this morning in boston, a place that is near and dear to both president obama and conan o'brien's heart. both of them went to harvard. conan's hilarious speech at the correspondents' dinner. we'll have that next. what if you could shrink your pores just by washing your face? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® pore refining cleanser. alpha-hydroxy and exfoliating beads work to clean and tighten pores so they can look half their size. pores...shrink 'em down to size! [ female announcer ] pore refining cleanser. neutrogena.® ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase
dutschke expected in federal court in mississippi tomorrow. >>> washington took a break from the heavy news last night and kicked back for a couple of laughs or a lot of laughs. the white house annual correspondents' dinner and conan o'brien was front and center. >> as you all know, the president is hard at work skraetiskrae creating jobs. as you know, since he was elected the number of popes have doubled. and the number of "tonight show" hosts has tripled....
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earlier today, pickens county into mississippi right through about macon, mississippi and into macedonia into alabama this is what rolled through here. this was a very large wedge-shaped tornado. one person was killed that we know of. power lines are down. trees are down everywhere from this big tornado. i would suspect, jake, this was probably an ef-3 tornado. at least 150 miles per hour. they are rare in the south but they are happening today and as you said, if you live anywhere in mississippi, alabama, georgia, maybe tennessee, north florida, you need to pay attention tonight. the potential is there for this type of weather all night long. it is now warming up. we're at 3:00 central time. 4:00 eastern. the hottest part of the day, that's when we expect the biggest storms to develop. >> chad, give us an idea in layman's terms. how bad was the tornado that touched down earlier today in kemper county, mississippi? >> you know, i mean that's a tornado that you would expect in kansas or texas. this storm on the ground, when i was watching it, not that far from macon, mississippi, i know t
earlier today, pickens county into mississippi right through about macon, mississippi and into macedonia into alabama this is what rolled through here. this was a very large wedge-shaped tornado. one person was killed that we know of. power lines are down. trees are down everywhere from this big tornado. i would suspect, jake, this was probably an ef-3 tornado. at least 150 miles per hour. they are rare in the south but they are happening today and as you said, if you live anywhere in...
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i grew up right on the mississippi river. around the age of 17 i really started to focus on the problem. 18 million people get their daily drinking water from the river. i'm thinking, this should not be like this. this stuff just collects here and it goes on for blocks like this. it's a bad deal. i said, no one's going to do anything about it, i will. i'm chad pregracke w. the help of volunteer, we have removed 7 million pounds of garbage from america's rivers. are you guys ready? primary focus is mississippi river. you guys will be amazed in two hours how much stuff we get. we've worked on 22 rivers in 18 states. we do everything in the power to get people excited about it. because, you know, the day, it's you're out there picking up garbage. >> did you find a basketball? >> cheers. >> totally yours. >> little by little we are getting it. >> but you're having fun. >> i knew i would be sweating for sure but i didn't think i'd be singing karoke on a boat. >> people want to see change and they're stepping up to make change. >>
i grew up right on the mississippi river. around the age of 17 i really started to focus on the problem. 18 million people get their daily drinking water from the river. i'm thinking, this should not be like this. this stuff just collects here and it goes on for blocks like this. it's a bad deal. i said, no one's going to do anything about it, i will. i'm chad pregracke w. the help of volunteer, we have removed 7 million pounds of garbage from america's rivers. are you guys ready? primary focus...
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o we're following the story from tupelo, mississippi. >> poppy, a judge here who received one of those ricin letters says he's hoping the arrest is a step toward justice for his family. this is the man federal authorities now believe mailed three ricin-laced letters earlier this month to president obama, mississippi senator wicker and county court judge holland. prosecutors have charged james everett dutschke accused of "knowing, developing, producing, stockpiling, possessing a biological agent for use as a weapon." that agent according to the u.s. attorney's office was ricin. >> this could have been devastating, very devastating. i mean, mom could have died. >> reporter: steve holland's mother is the mississippi judge who received one of the letters. dutschke ran against him for a seat in the mississippi state house in 2007. >> he was a mad personality. he was a vicious kind of guy. he attacked me personally and even my entire family. that was his m.o. during the campaign. >> reporter: last week charges were dropped against the first suspect in the case, an elvis impersonator named pa
o we're following the story from tupelo, mississippi. >> poppy, a judge here who received one of those ricin letters says he's hoping the arrest is a step toward justice for his family. this is the man federal authorities now believe mailed three ricin-laced letters earlier this month to president obama, mississippi senator wicker and county court judge holland. prosecutors have charged james everett dutschke accused of "knowing, developing, producing, stockpiling, possessing a...
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>> reporter: anderson, this is an individual from tupelo, mississippi, we're told, the home state of senator roger wicker. actually, his hometown, as well. he's one of the people who got one of the mailings. we know of two suspicious letters, a lot of confusion at the united states capitol today. a mail delivery to the capitol has been stopped, while authorities try to figure all of it out. of the suspicious letters that were field tested, and initially deemed positive, one was addressed to the white house. another, an earlier letter, as i said, addressed to senator wicker. these are only field tests, false-positives are known to occur. according to law enforcement authorities, anderson, both of the letters were detected at an off site facility. authorities say there was a message contained in the letters. that message said, "to see a wrong and not expose it is to become a silent partner to its continuance." both letters we're told signed "i'm kc and i approve this message." the letters have been sent to labs for testing. there had been ricin false-positives in the past. anderson? >>
>> reporter: anderson, this is an individual from tupelo, mississippi, we're told, the home state of senator roger wicker. actually, his hometown, as well. he's one of the people who got one of the mailings. we know of two suspicious letters, a lot of confusion at the united states capitol today. a mail delivery to the capitol has been stopped, while authorities try to figure all of it out. of the suspicious letters that were field tested, and initially deemed positive, one was addressed...
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letters contain iing the deadly powder was sent to president obama and a mississippi senator and a mississippi judge. one other man was under investigation. he was soon cleared but indicated dutschke has a subpoena suspect. what have you been able to find out, alina? >> reporter: this is the kind of story that keeps changing every day. as you mentioned, there was an initial suspect and now that man has been cleared. authorities have another man in custody. as you mentioned, that man's name is james everette dutschke. he was taken into custody here. this was his house. he was taken into custody early this morning before 1:00 in the morning. the fbi is saying that the arrest is in reference to the ricin investigation. now dutschke has been turned over to the u.s. marshals office. we first learned about dutschke earlier this week at a hearing on monday. that hearing was for the initial suspect paul kevin curtis. curtis said he had been framed and mentioned dutschke as a possible suspect. on tuesday this case took another turn and he was released. all the charges filed against him were dropped. th
letters contain iing the deadly powder was sent to president obama and a mississippi senator and a mississippi judge. one other man was under investigation. he was soon cleared but indicated dutschke has a subpoena suspect. what have you been able to find out, alina? >> reporter: this is the kind of story that keeps changing every day. as you mentioned, there was an initial suspect and now that man has been cleared. authorities have another man in custody. as you mentioned, that man's...
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a mississippi senator, a mississippi judge, released from federal custody. and so far the justice department is declining to comment, but we are expecting a news conference later today. back to you. >> joe, not to get ahead of it, but the speculation is going to be, is this some type of indication of how strong the case is, released on bond, wasn't released on his own recognizance, that's the curiosity and i look forward to hearing what you get on it. thanks, joe. appreciate it. >>> now i want to bring you up to date on something else we were talking about earlier. we were talking about what was known or not known by hour government when the suspect who is now deceased went over to russia. did they know? there is conversations between senator grassley and homeland security head janet napolitano about whether there was a ping on their system, whether they knew, was it a spelling check, what did they know, how did they follow up. very serious questions, not just to look back, would have, could have, should have, it is could this have been prevented, how do we
a mississippi senator, a mississippi judge, released from federal custody. and so far the justice department is declining to comment, but we are expecting a news conference later today. back to you. >> joe, not to get ahead of it, but the speculation is going to be, is this some type of indication of how strong the case is, released on bond, wasn't released on his own recognizance, that's the curiosity and i look forward to hearing what you get on it. thanks, joe. appreciate it....
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dusky ran against him for a mississippi state house in >> he was a mad personality. he was a vicious kind of guy. he he's tacked me personally. even my entire family. that was his m.o. during the campaign. >> last week charges were dropped against the elvis impersonator. curtis said he had been framed dutschke as a possible suspect. in this youtube video posted last week dutschke talk about the investigation. >> i met with the fbi. i consented to a search signed a piece of paper saying go ahead and search the house. i don't have anything at all to do with this. >> an attorney representing the 41-year-old on a separate case says the martial arts studio closed after dutschke with child molestation earlier this year. he has pleaded not grilt touilty to those federal. he's expected to be in federal court tomorrow in oxford. we hope to learn more about the arrest and also what led authorities to make the arrest here in tupelo. >>> in the meantime the investigation into those bombing suspects go on in boston and during that time too, people continue to pay homage to those
dusky ran against him for a mississippi state house in >> he was a mad personality. he was a vicious kind of guy. he he's tacked me personally. even my entire family. that was his m.o. during the campaign. >> last week charges were dropped against the elvis impersonator. curtis said he had been framed dutschke as a possible suspect. in this youtube video posted last week dutschke talk about the investigation. >> i met with the fbi. i consented to a search signed a piece of...
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the mississippi river, the threat area here is between the quad cities and st. louis. record flooding potentially the third worst flood on record there. and you know what's so interesting? mississippi at this time last year we were in a drought so we were incredibly low levels and now the turn of events and the problem here for this area already flooded where we're going to see rain once again on tuesday. looks like a one-day affair. illinois, indiana and all of the way down through the mississippi. that is the concern. the rain that you had earlier and storms in the east coast have all pushed eastward with a front. expect from boston down to atlanta entire southeastern seaboard drying skies and clearing conditions. >> we are happy to be rid of the rain here. alexandra steele in atlanta, thank you so much. >> thanks for watching today. that will do it for us this morning. >> our colleague, wolf blitzer, he takes over for us next hour. this is "cnn saturday morning" which begins after a quick break. you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us t
the mississippi river, the threat area here is between the quad cities and st. louis. record flooding potentially the third worst flood on record there. and you know what's so interesting? mississippi at this time last year we were in a drought so we were incredibly low levels and now the turn of events and the problem here for this area already flooded where we're going to see rain once again on tuesday. looks like a one-day affair. illinois, indiana and all of the way down through the...
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a suspicious letter similar to the letter sent to senator roger wicker of mississippi addressed to the president of the united states. that letter is now being investigated as well. at the same time we've heard of these evacuations and the freezes, if you will, from various senate office buildings. all of this happening in the aftermath of the boston marathon bombings. so nerves are frayed right now. everyone is on edge as the president of the united states gets ready to come to boston tomorrow to participate in an interfaith memorial service. let's go to the white house, brianna keilar is standing by. brianna, i assume the president, he's all set, he's coming to boston tomorrow for this memorial service. >> that is the expectation, wolf. there have been no changes to his schedule. he is here at the white house today where he's had some meetings and been briefed on the latest in the boston bombings where he's really trying to carry on with at least some of the plans that he had in place for this week sort of signaling that what happened in boston on monday isn't going to stop him certa
a suspicious letter similar to the letter sent to senator roger wicker of mississippi addressed to the president of the united states. that letter is now being investigated as well. at the same time we've heard of these evacuations and the freezes, if you will, from various senate office buildings. all of this happening in the aftermath of the boston marathon bombings. so nerves are frayed right now. everyone is on edge as the president of the united states gets ready to come to boston tomorrow...
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the team from mississippi was all white. and mississippi politicians did their best to stop them from going to the game. but the mississippi state players defied them. sneaking off to play loyola and they lost 61-51 while loyola went on to win the championship. afterward, one loyola player said all he remembered was that handshake, calling it the proudest moment of his life. loyola and cincinnati started seven black players, the first time in ncaa history a majority of players on the court for black and that was 50 years ago. >> the great part of this story is that as far as the handshake that's concerned, the white gentleman who died, the black guy who shook his hand was at his funeral and cried like a baby. just standing over the casket. great story. you know what, because of what happened to 66, with that texas el paso team, the loyola team gets overlooked. >> gives you hope, doesn't it? >> it does. not bob hope. he's been dead for about eight years. >>> a good preacher. in mississippi, this preacher is just half, half th
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actually, out of mississippi, too. we just got word a mississippi man has been charged now in the ricin letter investigation. federal agents believe this man james duhas been arrested and alena is following the story in mist miss. what's the latest, alena? >> we just learned from the u.s. attorney's office that james he have let dust can i is charged with developing and producing and stock piling an agent. that agent identified as rice ricin. as you mentioned he was taken into custody between 12:30 and 1:00 in the morning and arrested here at his home in mississippi. the fbi agents made the arrest and he was then turned over to the u.s. marshal's office. we first learned about dusky at a hearing on monday related to the initial suspect in this case that. man is paul kevin curtis. curtis said that he had been framed and named dusky as a possible suspect in the case. on tuesday all the charges curtis was facing were dropped, and then the attention seemed to focus on dusky. curtis was released from jail and dusky was back
actually, out of mississippi, too. we just got word a mississippi man has been charged now in the ricin letter investigation. federal agents believe this man james duhas been arrested and alena is following the story in mist miss. what's the latest, alena? >> we just learned from the u.s. attorney's office that james he have let dust can i is charged with developing and producing and stock piling an agent. that agent identified as rice ricin. as you mentioned he was taken into custody...
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he's a senator from the state of mississippi. dana bash broke this news first here, she's on the phone from washington. dana what more are you learning about this targeted attack and senator wicker? >> well, first off let me give you. mike brooks is our law enforcement analyst, he is being told that senator wicker now has protective detail, meaning he has security around him, because of the fact that he received this letter which was tested positive for the poison ricin. let me just go back and tell you what we learned, and that is that what happened was this envelope came addressed to senator wicker, it tested once positive for riciricin, they te it two more times, so three times positive for ricin, so as we speak, this envelope has been sent to a facility in suburban washington, in maryland to get yet another test on ricin. this is something that we learned very quickly, actually as and even before most u.s. senators learned, they were briefed not too long ago earlier this evening from the senator sergeant at arms and they were
he's a senator from the state of mississippi. dana bash broke this news first here, she's on the phone from washington. dana what more are you learning about this targeted attack and senator wicker? >> well, first off let me give you. mike brooks is our law enforcement analyst, he is being told that senator wicker now has protective detail, meaning he has security around him, because of the fact that he received this letter which was tested positive for the poison ricin. let me just go...
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this happened in mississippi. it is a mystery. zap technology. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your car. just note your mileage and zap ! you're outta there ! we'll e-mail your receipt in a flash, too. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >>> it doesn't get much safer than inside a police station. that's what you would think, also what makes this next story pretty shocking. a veteran detective was interviewing a murder suspect inside the jackson, mississippi, police headquarters and then shots rang out. and now both of those men are dead. joining me now is defense attorney joey jackson, also a law professor and session contributor. we do not have all the details here. the circumstances are odd, to say the least. let me just ask this first, joey. usually you would think interrogation rooms have video. usually it is video that no one knows about. do you think that's the case in this circumstance, we can get the answers? >> it's difficult to say, ashleigh. a lot of interrogation roo
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did test positive for ricin and it was addressed to the office of republican senator roger wicker of mississippi. the letter is undergoing further testing. senator wicker now has a protective detail assigned to him. we have dana bash live. the initial testing was positive. further testing is going on now. what's the latest you've heard? >> well, anderson, we can now report from the senate sergeant in arms terry gaynor that the envelope did test positive today at the actual lab, so they feel confident at this point that it is a positive test for ricin. they had the initial test, as you pointed out, in the field office which historically are not that reliable but this was done in the actual lab. the other things we can report are the mysterious markings on the envelope sent to senator wicker are not outwardly suspicious, but it was postmarked from memphis, tennessee which is not far from wick r's home state of mississippi. it had no return address, and at this hour one senator thought there was a suspect in custody. we can report that it is still an ongoing case and that is not true. senate offici
did test positive for ricin and it was addressed to the office of republican senator roger wicker of mississippi. the letter is undergoing further testing. senator wicker now has a protective detail assigned to him. we have dana bash live. the initial testing was positive. further testing is going on now. what's the latest you've heard? >> well, anderson, we can now report from the senate sergeant in arms terry gaynor that the envelope did test positive today at the actual lab, so they...
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alina is following the story from tupelo, mississippi. alina? >> the judge of a son who received one of those ricin letters say he hopes it is a step towards justice for his family. this is who authorities now believe mailed the three ricin laced letters. federal prosecutors have charged james everett dusky. he is known of possessing a biological agent for use as a weapon. that agent according to the u.s. attorney's office, was ricin. >> this could have been devastating. mom could have died. >> reporter: steve holland's mother is the mississippi judge who received one of the letters. dutschke ran against him in 2007. >> he was a mad personality. vicious kind of guy. he attacked me personally and even my entire family. >> reporter: last week charge as were dropped against the first suspect in the case, an elvis impersonator. curtis said he had been framed and pointed to dutschke as a possible suspect. they searched the marshal arts studio dutschke used to run and his home in tupelo. >> i met with the fbi and i consulted to a search and signed a p
alina is following the story from tupelo, mississippi. alina? >> the judge of a son who received one of those ricin letters say he hopes it is a step towards justice for his family. this is who authorities now believe mailed the three ricin laced letters. federal prosecutors have charged james everett dusky. he is known of possessing a biological agent for use as a weapon. that agent according to the u.s. attorney's office, was ricin. >> this could have been devastating. mom could...
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did test positive for rice and it was addressed to the office of republican senator roger wicker of mississippi. the letter is undergoing further testing. senator wicker now has a protective detayil assigned to him. we have dana bash live. the initial testing was positive. further testing is going on now. what's the latest you've heard? >> well, anderson, we can now report from the senate sergeant in arms terry gaynor that the envelope did test positive today at the actual lab, so they feel confident at this point that it is a positive test for rice. they had the initial test, as you pointed out, in the field office which historically are not that reliable but this was done in the actual lab. the other things we can report are the mysterious markings on the envelope sent to senator wicker are not outwardly suspicious, but it was postmarked from memphis, tennessee which is not far from wick r's home state of mississippi. it had no return address, and at this hour one senator thought there was a suspect in custody. we can report that it is still an ongoing case and that is not true. senate offici
did test positive for rice and it was addressed to the office of republican senator roger wicker of mississippi. the letter is undergoing further testing. senator wicker now has a protective detayil assigned to him. we have dana bash live. the initial testing was positive. further testing is going on now. what's the latest you've heard? >> well, anderson, we can now report from the senate sergeant in arms terry gaynor that the envelope did test positive today at the actual lab, so they...
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letters to him and to a mississippi republican senator wicker. paul kevin curtis was arrested at his home in mississippi for allegedly sending letters to the president and senator wicker. final tests are being carried out right now to determine definitively if those letters are contaminated with the deadly poison ricin. as we know initial tests are often wrong, false positive. but the initial test did say they were contaminated with ricin. >> all right. and now one of these images most of us will remember from the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in west, texas. the city's medical director, his face bloodied, organizing the search and rescue effort after he had obviously undergone injuries himself. and then updating reporters on the situation. >> there was just a major, major explosion. the windows came in on me, the roof came in on me, the ceiling came in. i worked my way out to go get some more help. of course we lost all communication because the power went out. the station is badly damaged a whole 1,500 block of still meadow. my son lives th
letters to him and to a mississippi republican senator wicker. paul kevin curtis was arrested at his home in mississippi for allegedly sending letters to the president and senator wicker. final tests are being carried out right now to determine definitively if those letters are contaminated with the deadly poison ricin. as we know initial tests are often wrong, false positive. but the initial test did say they were contaminated with ricin. >> all right. and now one of these images most of...
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paul kevin curtis is in jail in mississippi. he vehemently denies the allegations. he is not aware of any illness as a result of the letters. after the boston bombing, some say work on an immigration bill should be delayed. republican senator, dan coats, of indiana, says that congress should wait until the emotional reaction to the bombing subsides before debating immigration. the two brothers came to the u.s. legally from the russian caucasus region. the younger brother immigrated with his parents in 2002. the older brother came later. the younger brother became a u.s. citizen last year. >>> for the boy scouts of america, gay scouts might soon be allowed to join but not gay scout leaders. that's the proposal from the scout's executive committee. a final proposal is expected to be presented to the boy scouts voting members at their meeting in dallas in may. let's go back to boston now. don? >> thank you, victor. we'll check back in with you. investigators have a lot of questions for the boston bombing suspect who is still alive. they can't talk to him yet. he is sti
paul kevin curtis is in jail in mississippi. he vehemently denies the allegations. he is not aware of any illness as a result of the letters. after the boston bombing, some say work on an immigration bill should be delayed. republican senator, dan coats, of indiana, says that congress should wait until the emotional reaction to the bombing subsides before debating immigration. the two brothers came to the u.s. legally from the russian caucasus region. the younger brother immigrated with his...
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three people were killed in mississippi, missouri and nebraska. an ireporter captured this tornado right here as it ripped through a rural part of mississippi. dozens of homes were damaged across the southeast. and thousands of people are still without power. tom sater is in the cnn weather center. tom, who is getting hit now? is there a break? >> well, we don't have any severe thunderstorm watches or warnings, we don't have any tornado watches, which is good news. but we're in day three, the sound of chain saws can be heard from south dakota all the way down missouri, arkansas, alabama, mississippi and most likely we still have a few storms trying to pop up south of d.c. mainly most of the activity is from around tampa down to sarasota. if you have a flight in the corridor from philadelphia, newark, jfk, la guardia, could have an hour to even two-hour delays. we'll get up into the northeast where we have winter weather advisories in effect for parts of maine, vermont, new hampshire, massachusetts, northern areas of new york state where it's icing
three people were killed in mississippi, missouri and nebraska. an ireporter captured this tornado right here as it ripped through a rural part of mississippi. dozens of homes were damaged across the southeast. and thousands of people are still without power. tom sater is in the cnn weather center. tom, who is getting hit now? is there a break? >> well, we don't have any severe thunderstorm watches or warnings, we don't have any tornado watches, which is good news. but we're in day three,...
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said the letter did test positive for ricin addressed to roger wicker of mississippi. he now has a protective detail assigned to him. dana bash joins me now live with the latest. you confirmed this story from mike brooks. the initial testing was positive. further testing is going on now. what's the latest you've heard? >> well, anderson, we can now report from the sergeant in arms that the envelope did test positive today at the actual lab. so they feel confident that at this point it is a positive test for ricin, they had the initial test, as you pointed out, in the field office, which are historically not that reliable. but this was done in the actual lab. the other thing we can report is the exterior markings on the envelope sent to senator wicker were not outwardly suspicious, but it was postmarked from memphis, tennessee, which is not home from his home state of mississippi. the other thing we can report is it had no return address and at this hour, we reported earlier one senator thought maybe there was a suspect in custody. we can report it is an ongoing case th
said the letter did test positive for ricin addressed to roger wicker of mississippi. he now has a protective detail assigned to him. dana bash joins me now live with the latest. you confirmed this story from mike brooks. the initial testing was positive. further testing is going on now. what's the latest you've heard? >> well, anderson, we can now report from the sergeant in arms that the envelope did test positive today at the actual lab. so they feel confident that at this point it is...
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a man is in jail in mississippi right now, charged in connection with letters sent to president obama and other officials that contained the deadly poison ricin. this man is charged with possessing and use of a biological toxin as a weapon. he is the second man arrested in this investigation, charges against the first suspect were dropped. head now to tupelo and alina ma chot oh, watching as things develop. lean a, who is this man, james everett dusty, and why did the fbi find their way to him. >> reporter: don, they say he lived behind me in the house with his wife. his attorney says he ran a martial arts studio in town that was closed after he was charged in a child molestation case earlier this year. we also know that he ran for a seat in the mississippi house in 2007 against a man named steve holland. now, holland's mother is a judge here and she received one of those ricin letters. we talked to holland about the arrest. here is what steve holland had to say. >> this could have been devastating, very devastating. i mean, mom could have died had this taken the worst case scenario a
a man is in jail in mississippi right now, charged in connection with letters sent to president obama and other officials that contained the deadly poison ricin. this man is charged with possessing and use of a biological toxin as a weapon. he is the second man arrested in this investigation, charges against the first suspect were dropped. head now to tupelo and alina ma chot oh, watching as things develop. lean a, who is this man, james everett dusty, and why did the fbi find their way to him....
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and senator roger wicker of mississippi. that's mississippi over there. boston and mississippi, we're following live developments. stay with us. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. welcnew york state, where cutting taxes for families and businesses is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com ...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. >>> we're standing by for live coverage of two news conferences. on the left, they're getting ready for a news conference in boston. boston police holding a news conference for what they describ
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i want to point out to you for the mississippi river right at cape jer girardoau. talking about 100,000 acres already flooded. up towards the area of the northern plains, north dakota, temperatures are going to be soaring this weekend into the 70s. allowing for rapid snow smelt and that is going to lead to flooding roads a right along the red river. that's going to be peaking in the weekend as well as into next week. temperatures climbing to the 70s. on a wider view, as you have seen the clouds where john berman is reporting out of boston, that frontal system slides over to the east. see lots of sunshine setting up. clouds linger for new orleans where they had two tornadoes there yesterday. christine? >> jennifer, thanks. >>> meantime, rescuers in bangladesh desperately searching for survivors of a factory collapse that claimed 160 lives. more than 1,000 people injured when the eight-story garment factory collapsed yesterday near the capital city. many were scared to come to work after cracks appeared in the building on tuesday. those survivors claim the building o
i want to point out to you for the mississippi river right at cape jer girardoau. talking about 100,000 acres already flooded. up towards the area of the northern plains, north dakota, temperatures are going to be soaring this weekend into the 70s. allowing for rapid snow smelt and that is going to lead to flooding roads a right along the red river. that's going to be peaking in the weekend as well as into next week. temperatures climbing to the 70s. on a wider view, as you have seen the clouds...
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areas in illinois and missouri, especially right along the mississippi river. we focus on the cape gerardo area because we expect to it crest tomorrow morning at 42 feet. we're talking potentially homes are going to be threatened, people could be evacuated and even in peoria, still at major flooding. light rain moving through chicago. it's just that light stuff. it's nothing that's going to be significant. the area up towards the north we're really concerned about. let's go to some video coming out of fargo, north dakota, where they are sandbagging and preparation for temperatures to climb into the 70s. well, you're thinking warm temperatures, that sounds good. you're talking about an incredible amount of snow pack, potentially record flooding. it could rise by the red river 20 feet next week. i want to show you quickly for today, still very cold in the northern plains. this is the last day before that big warmup comes and affects the red river. zoraida, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> so it should be quite a sight this morning. five living u.s. presidents
areas in illinois and missouri, especially right along the mississippi river. we focus on the cape gerardo area because we expect to it crest tomorrow morning at 42 feet. we're talking potentially homes are going to be threatened, people could be evacuated and even in peoria, still at major flooding. light rain moving through chicago. it's just that light stuff. it's nothing that's going to be significant. the area up towards the north we're really concerned about. let's go to some video coming...
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those pictures you see there, it was a half mile wide tornado between mississippi and alabama, right through here, about 12 hours ago when i first arrived here at the station. it was a very rough morning. >> incredible. chad, appreciate the update. thanks very much. >>> a "360" exclusive. two young american boys kidnapped, taken to egypt nearly 12 years ago. their father is still fighting to get them back. the u.s. is still giving billions in aid to cairo and saying there's not much they can do to help this dad. >>> also ahead, the latest in another kidnapping case where chase and cole hakken are tonight after a risky boat ride to cuba. t on challenge. [fight bell: ding, ding] what's your preferred search engine? search engine, uhh, probably google. if we do a side by side blind test comparison, and you end up choosing google, you get an xbox. i'll bet you the xbox, you bet me your son. well let's look up what you need. okay, i would do the left. yeah? what?! i am a daddy! bing wins it! bing won. bing did win. people prefer bing over google for the web's top searches. don't believe i
those pictures you see there, it was a half mile wide tornado between mississippi and alabama, right through here, about 12 hours ago when i first arrived here at the station. it was a very rough morning. >> incredible. chad, appreciate the update. thanks very much. >>> a "360" exclusive. two young american boys kidnapped, taken to egypt nearly 12 years ago. their father is still fighting to get them back. the u.s. is still giving billions in aid to cairo and saying...
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more tornados in southern mississippi and some of the patien parishes of louisiana. this is going to be one of those days, if a storm is headed your way, assume the worst. get inside, get the pets inside. don't go outside. don't take pictures. protect yourself. it will be into georgia later tonight, brooke. >> chad myers, thank you. we'll get more information as you're reporting. we're making phone calls. we'll try to get some videos as soon as we possibly can. i want to move along though. we want to give you a heads-up. any moment, history in the making today. president obama will present the medal of honor to the family of an american priest who died more than six decades ago. you hear the music. these are live pictures inside the white house. this is where the ceremony will take place. let me just tell you though. this story is absolutely fascinating because among other heroic acts, he stole food for p.o.w.s during the korean war without firing a single shot. you will hear emotional memories from this man's fellow soldiers. stay right here for that. >>> but first
more tornados in southern mississippi and some of the patien parishes of louisiana. this is going to be one of those days, if a storm is headed your way, assume the worst. get inside, get the pets inside. don't go outside. don't take pictures. protect yourself. it will be into georgia later tonight, brooke. >> chad myers, thank you. we'll get more information as you're reporting. we're making phone calls. we'll try to get some videos as soon as we possibly can. i want to move along...
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identified at paul curtis of mississippi. he sent the letters to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker. they were intercepted at a mail processing facility after tests indicated the presence of the deadly poison. the letters are undergoing additional testing. >> north korea threatening "sledgehammer blows" to the u.s. and south korea unless a list of demands are met. it will only sit down to talk if u.n. sanctions lifted. and the u.s. must stop military drills in south korea and apologize. south korea calls the demands preposterous. back to you, john, in boston. >> thank you, christine that is all for "starting point." stay with cnn for continuing coverage of all today's events, fertilizer plant explosion in west texas, of course. the latest from there, and stay with us for special live coverage of the interfaith prayer service in boston. that begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. "newsroom" continues with special coverage right now. omer? describe the first time you met. you brought the flex in... as soon as i me
identified at paul curtis of mississippi. he sent the letters to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker. they were intercepted at a mail processing facility after tests indicated the presence of the deadly poison. the letters are undergoing additional testing. >> north korea threatening "sledgehammer blows" to the u.s. and south korea unless a list of demands are met. it will only sit down to talk if u.n. sanctions lifted. and the u.s. must stop military drills in...
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with more, here's randi kaye. >> this is getting big. >> reporter: today in mississippi, extreme weather, barreling its way across the southeast, killing at least one person and leaving several severely injured as this tornado touches down. the storm system carving a path of destruction that stretches from the dakotas in the north to texas in the south. in missouri, buildings demolished, roofs ripped off, houses nearly cut in half. residents describe an apocalyptic scene. >> literally i was like this in my window looking at trees in the air. >> reporter: a tornado wednesday night spread mayhem through this suburb of st. louis. >> you could just see the wind and feel it coming. i shut the door and started walking this way and i got about, right about where he is now and everything just went and it threw me in there to the kitchen against that wall. >> reporter: governor jay nixon declared a state of emergency in missouri after this monster springtime storm pummeled st. louis and other parts of the state. during this storm, lightning ominously strikes the iconic st. louis arch. >> i feel v
with more, here's randi kaye. >> this is getting big. >> reporter: today in mississippi, extreme weather, barreling its way across the southeast, killing at least one person and leaving several severely injured as this tornado touches down. the storm system carving a path of destruction that stretches from the dakotas in the north to texas in the south. in missouri, buildings demolished, roofs ripped off, houses nearly cut in half. residents describe an apocalyptic scene. >>...
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there will be more tests sent to roger wicker, the republican of mississippi. now they're looking at all sorts of other letters that may have been sent as well, suspicious letters. let's go to brianna keilar, our white house correspondent for an update first of all on the letter sent to the president. what can you tell us? the fbi is now in charge of this investigation, brianna. >> the fbi is now in charge of this investigation, wolf. and they are saying that at least preliminarily a letter that was sent to president obama and received on tuesday at an offsite mail facility has tested positive for ricin. when mail goes to the white house, it doesn't actually go to the white house first. it does go to an offsite facility. this is the same case with capitol hill. keep in mind and i know our joe johns has been reminding us of this, there are people that have to process it. and obviously ricin is a very dangerous substance. so there's certainly concern there about the people who had to process this, but this was intercepted on tuesday. and the big question now is,
there will be more tests sent to roger wicker, the republican of mississippi. now they're looking at all sorts of other letters that may have been sent as well, suspicious letters. let's go to brianna keilar, our white house correspondent for an update first of all on the letter sent to the president. what can you tell us? the fbi is now in charge of this investigation, brianna. >> the fbi is now in charge of this investigation, wolf. and they are saying that at least preliminarily a...
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wolf. >> all right, alina, thanks very much on the scene for us in oxford, mississippi. this is the scene today in bangladesh. look at this. rescuers startedng heavy machinery to remove wreckage on the site of a collapsed building. that indicates the hunt for survivors is ending. almost 400 people are confirmed dead. it's not certain how many are still missing, but some estimates suggest more than 600 people remain buried in the rubble. distraught family members have refused to leave since the building crumbled on wednesday. it housed factories that made clothes for people here in the united states and in europe. authorities have arrested the man who owns the building. >>> back here in th united states we're seeing major flooding in the midwest. fargo, north dakota, is getting hit pretty hard right now. warm temperatures are speeding up the pace of the snow melt. and that has rivers surging. the red river is expected to crest wednesday at 37 feet. that's just three feet below the all-time record level. >>> we're getting new details on misha, the mystery figure accused of
wolf. >> all right, alina, thanks very much on the scene for us in oxford, mississippi. this is the scene today in bangladesh. look at this. rescuers startedng heavy machinery to remove wreckage on the site of a collapsed building. that indicates the hunt for survivors is ending. almost 400 people are confirmed dead. it's not certain how many are still missing, but some estimates suggest more than 600 people remain buried in the rubble. distraught family members have refused to leave...
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not that far from his home state of mississippi. they have closed postal facilities for two or three days while testing continues and law enforcement mess investigates and briefed senators were reminded to warn employees to be very vigilant in handling and processing all mail that comes to offices in the capitol and district offices in their home state. the very first spot for mail is at an offsite facility. that began in 2001 after a couple of senators received letters laced with anthrax. how much of a threat is ricin? ricin is toxic and lethal, but only when injected which is why the department of homeland security considers it category "b," or a lower threat agent as opposed to anthrax, which is much more deadly. >> dana bash reporting. senator wicker has additional security. >>> sports helping boston return to some sense of normalcy and fans in other cities showing their support. let's just say. the red sox in cleveland last night, playing for the first time since the marathon bombings, a moment of silence for victims before the
not that far from his home state of mississippi. they have closed postal facilities for two or three days while testing continues and law enforcement mess investigates and briefed senators were reminded to warn employees to be very vigilant in handling and processing all mail that comes to offices in the capitol and district offices in their home state. the very first spot for mail is at an offsite facility. that began in 2001 after a couple of senators received letters laced with anthrax. how...
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similar circumstances here on the mississippi river. especially in these lower riverside communities. yesterday we were on another river, the illinois river, where we saw several of these low-lying communities just inundated with water. now we think it's cresting here today in st. louis. and that will be similar story in this part of the river system in the next day or two. cresting and then the slow process of the water receding. up north, in fargo, north dakota, it's a different story. warm temperatures there, it's going to cause accelerated snow melt. they're laying in sandbags and preparing for the worst up there in fargo. so even as it crests down here, this spring storm, and climate session that we've been in is long from over, zoraida. >> still wreaking havoc. how does the current flooding compare to other years? >> well, take a look. this is about 35 feet of water. flood stage is about 30 feet. the mississippi river here in st. louis normally at about 15 feet. last year, during the drought, it got as low as three feet. incredibl
similar circumstances here on the mississippi river. especially in these lower riverside communities. yesterday we were on another river, the illinois river, where we saw several of these low-lying communities just inundated with water. now we think it's cresting here today in st. louis. and that will be similar story in this part of the river system in the next day or two. cresting and then the slow process of the water receding. up north, in fargo, north dakota, it's a different story. warm...
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. >>> and now to oxford, mississippi, where a couple hours ago the man accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to president obama and other government officials made a brief court appearance. james everett dutschke is charged with possession and use a biological agent as a weapon. duchke says he had nothing to do with the letters. he's represented by a court appointed lawyer. the judge set a hearing for thursday morning. we'll go live to mississippi for more details in about half an hour. >>> the president is the commander in chief, but saturday night at the annual white house correspondents' association dinner he became comedian in z. washington reporters get to take a little time out to socialize with many of the people they cover. conan o'brien headlined this ye's seconsuzanne malveaux was . she served on the white house beat for cnn for many years. she was at the dinner. i'm sure she looked gorgeous, had a fabulous time as she always does. so who knew, suzanne, that the president of the united states -- he's usually prettyfu little funnier this year. >> he's getting better, i think
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he allegedly sent the letters to the president, a mississippi senator and a mississippi judge. >>> a proud day or new yorkers and the nation. in about six hours, construction crews will raise the spire to the top of the freedom tower in lower manhattan. once that's installed, one world trade center will stand at 1,776 feet, making it the tallest l d building in the western hemisphere, and the third tallest in the world. >>> it's payback for president obama. the commander in chief got a chance to give his critics a few well-placed dinner at the white house correspondents' dinner. conan o'brien was the emcee and lots of stars were in attendance at the nerd prom as it's known. here's some of what the president had to say. >> even after all this time i still make rookie mistakes. like i'm out in california, at a fund-raiser, having a nice time. i happen to mention that kamela harris is the best looking attorney in the country. as you can imagine, i got in trouble when i got back home. who knew eric holder was so sensitive. >> you remember a few months ago my administration put out a phot
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>> all right, david mattingly in kemper county in mississippi. seeing so much damage this morning. >> it's not over yet to be quite honest. like we said, tornado watches still on in two states in north carolina and virginia now. let's get to samantha mohr live in the severe weather center for us. what are we seeing now? >> all the activity moving into the carolinas and into virginia and headed towards d.c. and new york. now, we don't anticipate seeing severe thunderstorms in those locations but we definitely do here throughout parts of north carolina, heads up in the raleigh-durham area, heads up in richmond, virginia, as this line moves to the east. just seeing some light rain in d.c. so far. but we're definitely going to have that threat of severe with the damaging winds up around 70 miles per hour, and possibly isolated tornados. also could see some large hail, as well. as we head especially through the first half of the day, in this region. and then we have all that wintry weather moving on the north side. the light rain moving in to d.c. rig
>> all right, david mattingly in kemper county in mississippi. seeing so much damage this morning. >> it's not over yet to be quite honest. like we said, tornado watches still on in two states in north carolina and virginia now. let's get to samantha mohr live in the severe weather center for us. what are we seeing now? >> all the activity moving into the carolinas and into virginia and headed towards d.c. and new york. now, we don't anticipate seeing severe thunderstorms in...
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, as well as a justice court judge in lee county, mississippi. very serious charges. he could have gotten 15 years, $500,000 in fines. we're still trying to find out what is happening with this case. certainly don't want to speculate. kevin curtis, you'll remember, was a very colorful guy, an elvis impersonator, arrested for allegedly sending ricin-laced letters. and he's been released from federal custody, hoping to know more in a little while, chris. >> help me out with something, joe. what are the chances that the federal marshals wouldn't know the conditions of release of a suspect in a case like this, whether there was bond or on their own recognizance, tether or no tether. >> don't want to speculate, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did know the conditions of release. however, i found in the past, having dealt with federal marshals many times, a lot of times they don't want to be the people releasing the specific information, the where, what, when and why, the terms of releasing an individual. they leave that up to the lawyer and the jus
, as well as a justice court judge in lee county, mississippi. very serious charges. he could have gotten 15 years, $500,000 in fines. we're still trying to find out what is happening with this case. certainly don't want to speculate. kevin curtis, you'll remember, was a very colorful guy, an elvis impersonator, arrested for allegedly sending ricin-laced letters. and he's been released from federal custody, hoping to know more in a little while, chris. >> help me out with something, joe....
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john is joining us from oxford mississippi, with the very latest.john? >> reporter: well wolf, james everett dutschke showed up in court today, the judge asking him if he understood the charges against him, possessiñxon stockpiling, and producing a biotoxin identified as ricin. dutschke said yes, he did. he did not enter a plea. the entire proceeding lasted about eight minutes. as you said dutschke held without bond on the grounds he is both a danger to the community and a flight risk. as you mentio this stemming from the ricin-spiked letters sent to the president, mississippi senator, and a judge. another man, you recall was originally arrested on the charges. he claimed he was framed. the charges were later dropped against him. he's an elvis impersonator. we understand there certainly is a connection between both dutschke and curtis, but it's very very hazy at this point. we believe by thursday at this hearing when the government affidavit is unsealed we'll have a much better idea of the case against dutschke and the relationship of >> all right, than
john is joining us from oxford mississippi, with the very latest.john? >> reporter: well wolf, james everett dutschke showed up in court today, the judge asking him if he understood the charges against him, possessiñxon stockpiling, and producing a biotoxin identified as ricin. dutschke said yes, he did. he did not enter a plea. the entire proceeding lasted about eight minutes. as you said dutschke held without bond on the grounds he is both a danger to the community and a flight risk....
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first, the suspicious letters sent to president obama and senator roger wicker of mississippi. lab results are due any moment to confirm whether or not they were contaminated with the deadly poison ricin. initial tests showed that they were. police believe they have the man who sent the letters in custody. they charged paul kevin curtis with threats against the president a short time ago. curtis was arrested at his home in mississippi yesterday. >>> 46 senators voted no to expanded background checks, so the push now for gun control, 125 days after the horrific killings at sandy hook is, for all practical purposes at this point, we're going to call it what it is, dead. the legislation co-sponsor democrat joe manchin of west virginia vented anger this morning towards the gun lobby and its supporters in the senate. >> i can't figure why in the hell you're afraid to do when the facts are right in front of you to do what you got to do. >> if you let me get in the debate with nra and these are people i know, these have been people i've been very friendly with over the years, i think
first, the suspicious letters sent to president obama and senator roger wicker of mississippi. lab results are due any moment to confirm whether or not they were contaminated with the deadly poison ricin. initial tests showed that they were. police believe they have the man who sent the letters in custody. they charged paul kevin curtis with threats against the president a short time ago. curtis was arrested at his home in mississippi yesterday. >>> 46 senators voted no to expanded...
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of sending ricin laced letters to president obama, roger wicker in washington and a county judge in mississippi. charges were dropped. u.s. attorney felisha adams says new information became available. and in a bizarre turn, curtis says he's a victim of a plot by a man holding a grudge against him. he told piers morgan, they have been feuding for years. >> showing up on my radar, people coming in town, do you know this guy hates you? i never knew why. >> curtis' attorney says information on social media used to frame her client. >> the government was able to basically find another suspect who we believe is the true perpetrator of this heinous crime. >> reporter: curtis crimes how he felt. >> the state of over overwhelmed is the best way i described. i thought they said rice. i don't even eat rice. >> curtis is a father, political activist and elvis impersonator and ready to move on. >> this past week has been a nature meyer for myself and my family. my mother has suffered as well as my children. i would like to get back to normal, which for me means being the best father i can be to my children
of sending ricin laced letters to president obama, roger wicker in washington and a county judge in mississippi. charges were dropped. u.s. attorney felisha adams says new information became available. and in a bizarre turn, curtis says he's a victim of a plot by a man holding a grudge against him. he told piers morgan, they have been feuding for years. >> showing up on my radar, people coming in town, do you know this guy hates you? i never knew why. >> curtis' attorney says...
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dutschke allegedly sent the tainted letters to the president, mississippi senator roger wicker and a local mississippi judge. >>> the gun bill that would have expanded background checks shot down two weeks ago in the senate might be coming back. the bill's co-sponsor senator joe manchin of west virginia says there was confusion the first time around and he's not giving up. >> pat toomey co-sponsor of manchin-toomey says he's done. >> i don't think he's done. i was with pat last night and pat's totally committed to this bill. >> i want to make it clear you are going to bring this bill back. >> absolutely. >> to the senate floor. and you think it's going to be different? >> i truly believe that if we have time to sell the bill and people will read the bill and i'm willing to go anywhere in this country, i'm willing to debate anybody on this issue, read the bill and you tell me what you don't like. >> a ban on assault weapons is also defeated in the april 17th vote. majority leader harry reid said at the time that he was hitting the pause on gun legislation. this week star of washington
dutschke allegedly sent the tainted letters to the president, mississippi senator roger wicker and a local mississippi judge. >>> the gun bill that would have expanded background checks shot down two weeks ago in the senate might be coming back. the bill's co-sponsor senator joe manchin of west virginia says there was confusion the first time around and he's not giving up. >> pat toomey co-sponsor of manchin-toomey says he's done. >> i don't think he's done. i was with pat...
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mississippi man is under arrest in connection with a ricin scare in the nays's capital. president obama and mississippi senator wicker was intercepted at a mail processing facility after tests indicated the poisonous substance. the president was informed of the situation. >> any time a suspicious powder is located in a mail facility it is tested. and i would underscore that the mail is screened. the mail sent here is screened and these tests are undertaken at remote sites to mitigate the risk both to those recipients and to the general population. >> reporter: the fbi says results of the additional testing on the envelope could be known later today. >>> texas authorities could file more charge today in the case of three high-profile killings that disgraced former justice of the peace and his wife are in jail. kim williams confessed to her role in the shootings of a prosecutor, a d.a., and his wife. and claimed her husband eric was the trigger man in all three. she's charge with capital murder. eric williams is in jail on a terroristic threat charge but that could be upgr
mississippi man is under arrest in connection with a ricin scare in the nays's capital. president obama and mississippi senator wicker was intercepted at a mail processing facility after tests indicated the poisonous substance. the president was informed of the situation. >> any time a suspicious powder is located in a mail facility it is tested. and i would underscore that the mail is screened. the mail sent here is screened and these tests are undertaken at remote sites to mitigate the...
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three people were killed in mississippi, missouri and nebraska. an ireporter captured this tornado as it ripped through a rural part of mississippi. right there a dozen homes were damaged across the southeast and thousands of people are still without power. >>> venezuela, well, it's gearing up for its presidential election on sunday. and for the first time in 14 years hugo chavez is not on the election ticket. rafael romo reports. >> reporter: he used to be a bus driver and now the former union leader is campaigning for president of venezuela from behind the wheel. nicolas maduro, the 50-year-old acting president has no formal college education or training, but he has what nobody else does, the anointment by hugo chavez, the venezuelan president who died of cancer last month. >> you should elect nicolas maduro. i ask you that from my heart. >> reporter: maduro led chavez's state funeral which was attended by world leaders. no one in venezuela would dare run against the man who was the right hand of a leader who is widely viewed as a martyr. no one
three people were killed in mississippi, missouri and nebraska. an ireporter captured this tornado as it ripped through a rural part of mississippi. right there a dozen homes were damaged across the southeast and thousands of people are still without power. >>> venezuela, well, it's gearing up for its presidential election on sunday. and for the first time in 14 years hugo chavez is not on the election ticket. rafael romo reports. >> reporter: he used to be a bus driver and now...
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now we're live in mississippi digging for new information. in. by earning a degree from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to make an impact in your company and take your career to an even greater place. let's get started at capella.edu. i'll just press this, and you'll save on both. [bell dings] ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, llllet's get ready to bundlllllle... [ holding final syllable ] oh, yeah, sorry! let's get ready to bundle and save. now, that's progressive. oh, i...